Essay Assignment #1—Cause-Effect

Rough Draft due to your Writing Group—no later than midnight Sunday, April 26

Final Draft due to me through Blackboard Messaging no later than midnight Sunday, May 3—100 points possible

Directions:  Please complete the following steps leading to creating, revising, and submitting this essay.

Step 1:  Review the Cause-Effect Essay Advice

Step 2:  Pick any event/situation in your life/experience and analyze it by writing EITHER a cause OR an effect essay.

I will use the Essay Grading Sheet to evaluate your essay.  Please refer to it as often as needed.

Outline Format:

Paragraph #1: Introduction—describe the event/situation you will analyze and end this paragraph with your thesis sentence.

Paragraph #2: Cause OR Effect #1

Paragraph #3: Cause OR Effect #2

Paragraph #4: Cause OR Effect #3

Paragraph #5: An elegant Conclusion